L.A. Noire Walkthrough & Strategy Guide

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"The White Shoe Slaying"

Clues To Find:Time of Death
Tire Tracks
Boot prints
Laundry label

New Objective: Investigate Signal Hill Crime Scene

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Standard clue-gathering protocol here.

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Wiggle the victim's head until you can zoom in on laundry label.

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Witness: Catherine Barton

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Suspicious persons: Truth

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Make a call for the rest of the address of Superior Laundry Services and hobo camp locations.

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Clues To Find:Laundry ledger

IMPORTANT NOTE: This case is sort of tricky. You do need to follow up on the Superior Laundry Service lead. However, if you visit the Hobo Camp now you will close off an avenue of investigation in the middle. However, you still get 5-star rating by following the walkthrough. We will note the branching point in the case when we come to it. Thanks to Nick for clarifying that an early visit to the hobo camp will preclude the chance of interrogating someone later.

New Objective: Investigate Superior Laundry Services

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Speak to the shop owner.

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Take a look inside the ledger.

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Look for the Green Silk Dress item that was laundered and tap it with your finger.

Lots of damning evidence that doesn't paint the husband in a positive light. For starters, hanging from the boat parked outside the house is a bow rope matching the pattern of that around the various victims' neck. The most convincing evidence, though, rests in the laundry room, where you'll find the victim's handbag, a wet jacket, and muddy boots. You'll also find a matchbook that opens up a new location.

New Objective: Investigate Taraldsen Residence

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Go over the clues in and around the house.

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Speak to Lars.

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Suspect: Lars Taraldsen

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Possible suspects: Lie

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The bow rope from Lars' boat is a perfect match.

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Alibi for Lars Taraldsen: Doubt

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Victim's state of mind: Doubt

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Last contact with victim: Lie

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The wet jacket tells a different story.

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After the conversation, pick up a telephone.

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Clues To Find:Yellow cab 3591

If you already made an early visit to the hobo camp, you'll receive a new objective to revisit the hobo camp. If this happens, you will be skipping the latter leg of the investigation (but still be able to get 5-stars)!

New Objective: Investigate Baron's Bar

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Interrogate bartender.

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Correctly respond to Benny's first question to gain the yellow cab 3591 clue and unlock that line of questioning.

Person of Interest: Benny Cluff

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Last contact with victim: Truth

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Vagrant male suspect: Doubt

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Yellow cab 3591: Truth

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Chase down Richard Bates on foot and get into a vehicle to resume with a car chase.

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Ram him off the road.

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Suspect: Richard Bates

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Contact with victim: Doubt

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Account of movements: Doubt

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Access the phone across the street.

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Clues To Find:Victim's movements

Tip: It's important that you do not allow your partner to drive or you will skip the whole cab sequence; you also must get back into the default cop car.

(Thanks to Frank and Mark for helping us with the missing chunk of clues here.)

New Objective: Locate Yellow Cab 3591

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Drive around until you are alerted to the yellow cab's location.

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Gun it straight for the yellow blip (set it as destination) on the map without delay.

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Follow the cab's sightings until you catch up to it.

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You get victim's movements from the cabbie.

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Note: For clarification, the option to interview James Jessop appears only if you did not make an early visit to the hobo camp and were therefore later notified to the target's sightings. Otherwise, skip to the hobo camp part and detain Stuart Ackerman.

New Objective: Interrogate James Jessop

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Head for Central Police Station now.

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Head to Interview Room 2.

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Clues To Find:All American 249

The last two lines of questioning are available only if you stopped the cabbie mentioned earlier in the case. For your troubles, you'll acquire the All American 249 clue.

Suspect: James Jessop

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Contact with victim: Doubt

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Incident with Bates: Doubt

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Cab ride with victim: Doubt

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Movements prior to murder: Doubt

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Clues To Find:Bus route map
Victim last seen

New Objective: Investigate the Bus Depot

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The clerk gives you a bus route map to track down the driver.

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Follow the red highlighted bus route until you cross paths with the bus.

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The bus driver provides victim last seen.

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Now all that's left to do is visit the hobo camp again.

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Clues To Find:Purse
Bloodstained rope piece

Don't miss the newspaper sitting in Ackerman's shack either! Thanks to DaFrenchster and those who reminded us about it.

New Objective: Investigate Hobo Camp

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Fight Stuart Ackerman.

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Scour his shack for clues. Don't miss the purse and rope.

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Return to Central Station.

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New Objective: Interrogate Stuart Ackerman

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Head into Interview Room 1.

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Suspect: Stuart Ackerman

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Motive for murder: Lie

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Show the bloodstained rope.

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The last two questions appear if you continued the investigation on James Jessop's allegations.